# What is prl measurement?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-is-prl-measurement/19234 "2022-05-09T00:27:15Z")
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What does “prl” stand for? This shows up as a measurement sometimes and I haven’t been able to find anything online, in the manual or in these forums about it.

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Parallel. Typically the distance between two parallel lines.